How do I post to a Telegram channel with PostEverywhere?

PostEverywhere posts to a Telegram channel through a bot you own. You create the bot, make it an admin of the channel, and connect with its token.

Connect#

1. In Telegram, message @BotFather, send /newbot, follow the prompts, and copy the token it gives you. It looks like 7123456789:AAEx....
2. Open your channel, tap its name, choose Administrators, tap Add Admin, select your bot, and turn on Post Messages. This is the step people miss.
3. In PostEverywhere, open Accounts and click Add Account next to Telegram.
4. Paste the Bot token.
5. Enter the Channel. Public channel: its @username. Private channel: its numeric ID, like -1001234567890. To find the ID, forward any post from the channel to @userinfobot and it replies with the ID.
6. Click Connect. PostEverywhere checks that the bot can post to the channel before saving.

Each channel counts as one account. The same bot can be connected to several channels.

What you can post#

	Limit
Text-only message	Up to 4,096 characters
Caption on a photo or video	Up to 1,024 characters. Longer text is sent as a separate message first
Images	Up to 10 per post as an album, JPG, PNG, WEBP or GIF, up to 10 MB each
Video	1 per post, up to 50 MB (Telegram's bot upload limit), MP4 or MOV

Settings in the post editor#

Open Customise per platform and the Telegram card.

• Silent post: subscribers receive it without a notification sound.
• Protect content: subscribers cannot forward or save the post.
• Spoiler: hides the media behind a tap-to-reveal blur.
• Caption above media: shows the caption above the media instead of below.
• Link preview: Default, No preview, Small preview or Large preview, and Preview above text. These apply to messages sent as text.
• Follow-up messages: extra messages sent after the main one.

Troubleshooting#

Message	What to do
Telegram did not recognize that bot token	In @BotFather send /mybots, pick your bot, tap API Token, and copy the full token
We could not find that channel	Public: enter the @username exactly. Private: use the numeric ID. Make sure the bot is in this exact channel
Your bot is not in that channel yet / not an admin / cannot post	Open the channel, Administrators, Add Admin, select the bot, turn on Post Messages
Telegram bot token is invalid or the bot was removed from the channel (Accounts page)	Add the bot back as an admin with Post Messages, or create a new token, then Reconnect
Video refused for size	Telegram bots can send videos up to 50 MB. Compress the file